A very white Christmas

 No doubt we are having a white Christmas this time around. The view out my window looks like a Christmas card and it is a wonderful sight to behold despite all the shoveling required. (No snow blower yet)

Hoping everyone keeps a light heart and a sense of humor and  has a very Merry Christmas. 

Dangerously Drippy

These pots went through two glaze firings. The first glaze firing did not fire to temperature for some reason and the pots were crusty and flaky. So I touched up some bare spots with glaze and hoped for the best. The second firing went into a much newer kiln which fired differently than the first, older kiln (10+ years old) and got a very differently drippy results than I usually get with this glaze combination of  C.W. Plumb under Snowflake. The lidded pot stuck to the shelf and a bit broke off at the base and the lid fit is wobbly now but how dramatic! I am going to make some test pieces and use a  bisque dish under it as a glaze catch. I have my doubts as far as duplicating this look, but try I must!

My blog is my bubble

When I started this blog almost a year ago, I made a conscious decision to stick mostly to pottery and the artistic influences (such as sunsets) that have inspired me and helped my pots to evolve. I decided, for one, that I wouldn't post photos of the family. For one, they would disown me if I did and secondly, I would be infringing on their rights to privacy, which I wholeheartedly respect.  The only family members that are okay with it all is my pottery assistant the cat and my parrot. No complaints there ;)  I would not discuss politics or make comments about the horrendous news events that have happened in the past and as of late. This little pottery world  I have created is something that I enjoy sharing ...locally and around the world according to ClustrMaps, which never ceases to amaze me.  Meeting others who create with clay has been awesome since it is my experience that they are few and far between; in the circles I travel in anyway. But  also keeping it isolated in the clay world is increasingly a challenge. I could double my posts if I didn't censor myself, but then I would be breaking my own rule. So my blog is my bubble. The local and world news is so sad on so many levels, that keeping this blog very focused seems more important than ever. Maybe this seems shallow to some, but sometimes you've got to do, what you've got to do.

Waves upon the shore

I shall have to call this pot "Waves upon the shore". It took two glaze firings to get this result. I tried for this result in one glaze firing but I didn't get that wave action that I was looking for. The base glaze is Coyote shino and the green is a tweeked Amaco glaze.

Squat pot

One palm-sized pot and two back drops. Just having fun with the camera while forever looking for that perfect background. This glaze is Coyote shino over C.W. plumb with a swoosh and some dabs of Coyote Saturated Iron on the band by the lip and around the shoulder.